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ج ه ل

Root entry · 32 derived lemmas

The root ج ه ل (j-h-l) primarily denotes ignorance, the opposite of knowledge. It encompasses various states of not knowing, misunderstanding, or acting without proper awareness. The root also extends to concepts of foolishness, immaturity, and being misled.

Derived headwords

جَهِلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be ignorantboth

    To lack knowledge or awareness of something; to not know.

  2. 2.
    to act ignorantlyboth

    To perform an action without proper knowledge or understanding, often leading to negative consequences.

  3. 3.
    to feign ignoranceclassical

    To pretend not to know or understand something.

  4. 4.
    to boil intenselyclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe a pot of water boiling vigorously.

جَهْلnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceboth

    The state of lacking knowledge or understanding; the opposite of knowledge.

  2. 2.
    foolishnessboth

    A lack of good sense or judgment; acting unwisely.

جَهَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of ignorance, often implying a lack of education or awareness.

  2. 2.
    foolishnessclassical

    An act or state of foolishness or imprudence.

الجاهِلadjective
  1. 1.
    ignorantboth

    Lacking knowledge or awareness; unaware.

  2. 2.
    ignorant personboth

    Someone who lacks knowledge or understanding.

  3. 3.
    foolishboth

    Acting without sense or judgment.

  4. 4.
    lionclassical

    A lion, specifically one that tears into its prey.

جَهولadjective
  1. 1.
    very ignorantboth

    Extremely lacking in knowledge or understanding.

  2. 2.
    foolishboth

    Characterized by a lack of sense or wisdom.

جُهَّلnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant peopleboth

    Plural of 'ignorant person', referring to a group of people lacking knowledge.

جُهَلاءnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant peopleboth

    Plural of 'ignorant person', referring to a group lacking knowledge.

جُهَّالnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant peopleboth

    Plural of 'ignorant person', referring to a group lacking knowledge.

جُهَّالnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant peopleboth

    Plural of 'ignorant person', referring to a group lacking knowledge.

جُهَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant peopleboth

    Plural of 'ignorant person', referring to a group lacking knowledge.

جاهِلadjective
  1. 1.
    ignorantboth

    Lacking knowledge or awareness.

جاهِلnoun
  1. 1.
    ignorant personboth

    A person who lacks knowledge or understanding.

مَجْهَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cause of ignoranceboth

    Something that leads a person to ignorance, such as a situation, place, or characteristic.

  2. 2.
    cause of cowardice and stinginessclassical

    Specifically, children are described as a cause of cowardice and stinginess, distracting from other pursuits.

تَجْهِيلverb
  1. 1.
    to attribute ignorance toclassical

    To accuse someone of being ignorant or to make them appear ignorant.

مُجَهَّلadjective
  1. 1.
    unknownclassical

    Lacking distinguishing marks or features, making it difficult to navigate or identify.

  2. 2.
    without landmarksclassical

    Describing a place, especially land, that lacks clear signs or landmarks for guidance.

مَجَاهِلnoun
  1. 1.
    desolate placesboth

    Plural of 'majhul', referring to unknown or trackless places, often deserts or wilderness.

  2. 2.
    unknown areasboth

    Areas that are not clearly marked or understood.

اِسْتَجْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to consider ignorantboth

    To regard someone as foolish or ignorant.

  2. 2.
    to make someone feel foolishclassical

    To cause someone to appear or feel foolish or incompetent.

  3. 3.
    to shakeclassical

    Used metaphorically for wind shaking a branch, as if making it 'ignorant' or unsteady.

مِجْهَلnoun
  1. 1.
    stick for stirring embersclassical

    A wooden tool used to move or stir burning coals.

مِكْنَسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stick for stirring embersclassical

    A wooden tool used to move or stir burning coals (variant pronunciation).

جَيْهَلnoun
  1. 1.
    large rockclassical

    A large, solid rock.

مَجْهُولَةadjective
  1. 1.
    unmilkedclassical

    Describing a camel that has not been milked before or has been neglected.

  2. 2.
    unpregnantclassical

    Describing a female animal that has never conceived.

الجاهِلِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    pre-Islamic ignoranceclassical

    The period of ignorance and polytheism in Arabia before the advent of Islam.

الجاهِلِيَّة الجَهْلاءnoun
  1. 1.
    profound ignoranceclassical

    An emphatic term for the state of ignorance characterizing the pre-Islamic era.

مَجْهُولnoun
  1. 1.
    unknown terrainclassical

    An unknown or difficult part of a journey, especially in a desert.

جَهْلnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceboth

    The state of lacking knowledge.

الجَهْل البَسِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    simple ignoranceclassical

    The mere absence of knowledge about something that one should know.

الجَهْل المُركَّبnoun
  1. 1.
    compound ignoranceclassical

    A firm belief in something that is contrary to reality; ignorance coupled with false knowledge.

جَهولِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceclassical

    A state of ignorance, similar to 'jahiliyyah'.

أبو جَهْلname
  1. 1.
    Abu Jahlclassical

    The kunya (nickname) of Amr ibn Hisham, a prominent opponent of Islam.

اِسْتَجْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to deem ignorantclassical

    To consider someone to be ignorant or foolish.

ناقة مِجْهالnoun
  1. 1.
    swift-moving camelclassical

    A female camel that moves lightly and quickly, metaphorically associated with ignorance.

العَوام بن جُهَيْلname
  1. 1.
    Al-Awwam ibn Juhaylclassical

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad, a servant of the idol Yaghuth.

Parallel reading

ضد علمه
the opposite of his knowledge.
الجهل: التقدم في الأمور المنبهمة بغير علم.
Ignorance: proceeding in obscure matters without knowledge.
هو خلو النفس من العلم
It is the emptiness of the soul from knowledge.
اعتقاد الشيء بخلاف ما هو عليه.
Believing something to be other than it is.
فعل الشيء بخلاف ما حقه أن يفعل
Doing something other than what is right to do.
أتتخذنا هزوا قال أعوذ بالله أن أكون من الجاهلين
Do you take us in mockery? He said, 'I seek refuge in Allah from being among the ignorant.'
فتبينوا أن تصيبوا قوما بجهالة.
So ascertain, lest you strike a people in ignorance.
يحسبهم الجاهل أغنياء
The ignorant person thinks them rich.
فالبسيط: عدم العلم عما من شأنه أن يعلم
The simple [ignorance]: lack of knowledge about what one should know.
والمركب: اعتقاد جازم غير مطابق للواقع
And the compound [ignorance]: a firm belief not conforming to reality.
أصحاب الجهل البسيط كالأنعام
Those with simple ignorance are like cattle.
جهلت الشيء: إذا لم تعرفه
You knew a thing: if you did not know it.
مثلي لا يجهل مثلك
Someone like me does not fail to know someone like you.
إني أعظك أن تكون من الجاهلين
Indeed, I admonish you lest you be among the ignorant.
جهل عليه: أظهر الجهل
He acted ignorantly towards him: he showed ignorance.
وهو جاهل منه: أي جاهل به غير مختبر لحاله.
And he is ignorant of it: meaning ignorant of it, not having tested its condition.
المجهلة كمرحلة: ما يحملك على الجهل من أمر أو أرض أو خصلة
Al-Majhalah (like marhalah): what causes you to be ignorant, from a matter, land, or trait.
الولد مبخلة مجبنة وفي رواية مجهلة.
The child is a cause of stinginess and cowardice, and in another narration, a cause of ignorance.
وأرض مجهل كمقعد لا أعلام فيها لا يهتدى فيها إلا بالآرام
And a land of Majhal (like maq'ad) with no landmarks, wherein one is guided only by tracks.
وهي خلاف المعالم.
And they are the opposite of landmarks.
المجهل: الأمر، والأرض، والخصلة التي تحمل الإنسان على الاعتقاد بالشيء خلاف ما هو عليه.
Al-Majhal: the matter, the land, and the trait that causes a person to believe something other than what it is.
استجهله: استخفه
Istajhalahu: he considered him foolish.
دعاك الهوى واستجهلتك المنازل
Desire called you, and the dwelling places made you feel foolish.
نزو الفرار استجهل الفرارا
The fleeing of the fugitive made the fugitive seem foolish.
استجهلت الريح الغصن: أي حركته فاضطرب
The wind made the branch 'ignorant': meaning it moved it and it became agitated.
خشبة يحرك بها الجمر
A piece of wood by which the embers are stirred.
والجاهل: الأسد الذي يخرق بالفريسة.
And Al-Jahil: the lion that tears into prey.
ناقة مجهولة إذا كانت لم تحلب قط، أو غفل لا سمة عليها.
An unknown she-camel if it has never been milked, or neglected without a mark on it.
كان ذلك في الجاهلية الجهلاء
That was in the profound ignorance (Jahiliyyah).
ركبت المفازة على مجهولها
We rode through the desert across its unknown parts.
ناقة مجهولة: لم تحمل قط، عن الزمخشري، وهو مجاز.
An unknown she-camel: never pregnant, according to Zamakhshari, and this is metaphorical.
إن من العلم جهلا هو أن يتعلم ما لا يحتاج ويدع ما يحتاج إليه
Indeed, among knowledge is ignorance, which is to learn what is not needed and abandon what is needed.
وجهلت القدر: اشتد غليانها، نقيض تحلمت، وهو مجاز
The pot 'became ignorant': its boiling intensified, the opposite of 'tahallamat' (calmed down), and this is metaphorical.
إذا جهلت أجوافها لم تحلم
When their insides boiled intensely, they did not calm down.
أبو جهل: عمرو بن هشام المخزومي، كان يكنى في الجاهلية أبا الحكم.
Abu Jahl: Amr ibn Hisham al-Makhzumi, who was known in the Jahiliyyah as Abu al-Hakam.
استجهله: عد جاهلا.
Istajhalahu: he considered him ignorant.
ناقة مجهال: تخف في مسيرها، وهو مجاز.
A Mighal she-camel: light in its journey, and this is metaphorical.
والعوام بن جهيل: سادن يغوث، ثم أسلم وصحب، وله قصة
And Al-Awwam ibn Juhayl: the servant of Yaghuth, then he embraced Islam and was a companion, and he has a story.